I should be in bed… but here I am blogging just ’cause I’m up and my blogging neighbor just posted so ain’t I just a trooper or what.
I have spent a frightening amount of time in front of computers today. Started at work this morning until I left at 6 tonight. Went home, checked email ‘n’ such. Got a call from a friend who’s parents were having trouble with their wireless network that I recently ’secured’ ( saying a wireless network is secure is like saying James Frey writes non-fiction). Old reference, sorry. So I went over there until I got those working as I believe they should and now I’m at my house past midnight blogging… that’s over 15 hours of compy time excluding short breaks.
I just wanted to record a few thoughts before they get too far away. They mostly deal with the subtle Mexican influences of my life. For example, my computer speakers are secretly Mexican. You may be asking yourself, “Self, how is this so?” Well, when the computer is off, power still runs to the speakers and the cable becomes an antenna. That just so happens to pick up the only Spanish radio station in the area. And it’s real soft too; at just the right level to make me think I’m going crazy. It’s hard to focus when there’s low-level accordions and horns bleating in the background.
Then there’s my cell phone. I decided I know my phone well enough to change languages to Spanish. Now, I’ve never actually studied Spanish, mind you. And it was working out pretty well for me until I noticed the voice command part is also in Spanish. So my little game now is to try to actually call someone using voice commands. I have to get help from people who actually know the letters and numbers in Spanish. I should record it and post it on here sometime- it would be much more amusing.
Is that really all I had? The immediate answer is yes because my mind is absent. But someday sooner than later you will be treated with a blog that will likely be similar. Go ahead- anticipate. I’ll wait.
I wonder if Joel’s head operates a little bit like your speakers.